Teaching

Basra Boston – A collaboration between students at the University of Basra (Modern Drama course, English Dept) and Montserrat College of Art. Communicating online, students discuss cultural differences, and responses to plays (Nine Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo, Stuff Happens by David Hare, Waiting for Gilgamesh by Amir Al-Azraki, Notorious Women by Amir Al-Azraki, 1001 Nights), storytelling structure and the construction of space. Final collaborative project combines written work by Basra students with motion graphics created by Montserrat students.

Visiting artist, Contemporary Issues in Digital Photography; fall ‘08 – collaborated on class project based around veteran interviews and student reactions to the Iraq war using blogging software and digital photography.

Technology Lab; 1/96 - 12/99. Introduction to computer as both a conceptual resource and artistic medium; Media literacy and the influence of technology on the production of the image. Applications introduced: Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, Premiere, Director

Writers Workshop, Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences, University of Massachusetts, Boston; 6/09; 6/10, 6/11, 6/12 – led Multimedia Workshop, integrating basic digital collage techniques in Photoshop and Final Cut with participants’ written work.

University of Massachusetts, Boston; 9/10-12/10 – co-taught “A Way You’ll Never Be: War and Its Aftermath”; led critical discussion of artwork created in response to war; facilitated multimedia projects where students explored the effects of war.